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What is the best way to get rid of hard water stains?
CLR is good for a lot of hard water stains.
I heard you could use newspaper.
Limescale can be removed with newspaper. It removes dirt and soap ***.
An SOS pad might be easier. Or at least less likely to get black ink on the walls.
Lime-A-Way has a lot of famous name recommendations.
I’d rather use bleach water.
Clearing hard water stains requires an acid. Vinegar mix is better than bleach.
Oh, great, now my bathroom will smell like pickle juice.
So mix it with lemon juice. That improves the smell and its effectiveness.
I’ve heard that you could use Chlorox.
Chlorox mixed with toilet bowl cleaner is better.
I’ve heard that you can use baking soda to clear up hard water stains.
Vinegar mixed with baking soda creates a paste that is as abrasive as many cleaning compounds
but for a fraction of the price.
Cheap and effective sounds like a good combination. What about the smell?
Turn on the bathroom fan or mix in lemon juice.
I wish there was a way to eliminate the scrubbing most of these solutions require.
If you spray ammonia glass cleaner on the shower stall periodically, you’ll slow down
the formation of new stains.
Or I could buy one of those shower cleaner systems that spray the chemicals.
Then you get something else to maintain, and it won’t eliminate the need for cleaning
entirely. And you may end up with another chemical buildup.
I read that if you soak lemons in vinegar for a few weeks, you get a cleaning solution
that smells like angel farts and is good cleaning soap ***.
It can remove most hard water stains, and you’ll save money on cleaners.
And it looks better sitting on the counter than bottles of CLR.
As long as someone doesn’t try to drink it assuming it is lemonade or sun tea.
They'd figure it out fast enough.